<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390611" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Summer Afternoon</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I watched as swans went gliding by, <br>Gazing at gracefulness so sleek, <br>Then spied a dancing dragonfly, <br>Displaying its beauty, so unique.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And as I sat down by the stream, <br>The swans majestic, drifted on, <br>A sight of enchantment so supreme, <br>As on this scene, the sunbeams shone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With rippling sounds that filled the air, <br>So restful that such a gentle tune, <br>Made this a place extraordinaire, <br>There, this mild summer afternoon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The wind moved softly down the creek, <br>And whispered to the swaying grass, <br>As if to say, with tongue-in-cheek, <br>Bow down. Let me unhindered pass.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so the swans sailed out of view, <br>Around the bend and out of sight, <br>The dragonfly with thoughts anew, <br>Flew off into the warm sunlight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus I was left to contemplate, <br>How calm and still, this quiet place, <br>How such a spot can encapsulate, <br>And my weary heart to so embrace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ernestine+Northover">Ernestine Northover</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390611" data-title="Summer Afternoon de Ernestine Northover" data-description="I watched as swans went gliding by, Gazing at gracefulness so sleek, Then spied a dancing dragonfly, Displaying its beauty, so unique. And as I sat down by the stream, The swans majestic, drifted on, A sight of enchantment so supreme, As on..."></div> </div> </div>

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